Recently the annual report of the Helsinki-committee about the compliance to the human rights in Czechia has been published and considers the situation of the Roma as very bad. The minister without portfolio, Vladimir Mlynar, who is responsible also for th e problems of the Roma minority, has approved this report. He said, that the report is a good quality report that also reflects the violation of the minority rights and the discrimination of the Roma in Czechia.

For example, the statement being true about the enormous unemployment of the Roma, that reaches 80 % in parts of the country. Mlynar intends to submit a programme to the government in a few weeks to moderate this problem. It suggests to place about 5 % o f all national orders with Roma firms. These firms shall get a special certification of the department committee for Roma matters. Those firms that take on Roma, shall have a good chance to obtain this certification.

Minister Mlynar does not agree with the statement of the report, that the Czech republic infringes the international agreement about the redressement of any discrimination. The report states, that Czech ministries deal with these matters only very indiffer ently. Therefore, a special committee of the national administration should be founded to control the compliance to the agreement. Mlynar said in the Czech TV: I think that this country like other countries does not fulfill the agreement completely, becaus e this country like other countries ist not a perfect country."